God Is Faithful

"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins." (1 John 1:9)

One of God's most wonderful attributes is His faithfulness. Unlike man, God never fails to do what He says He will do. The Bible is full of examples of GOD’s promises to man, each one designed for God's glory and man's best good and happiness.

After an elderly Christian lady passed away, her children and grand-children gathered in her house. They found her Bible in her room. The old woman had never been without her old copy of God's Word while she was alive. When her children and grandchildren opened it up, they found it was marked all over with these two little letters:

T. P.

At first, the woman's family could not figure out what all the "T"s and "P"s could mean. They were written there, in her careful handwriting, next to so many verses!. But then, in the back page of her Bible, they finally found an explanation for them: "T" stood for "Tested" and "P" stood for "Proved."

Slowly, the children and grandchildren of the woman began to understand what had happened. Over the years, this Christian lady had been "testing" and "proving" the promises of God. She had been reading verses, learning about the kind of God Who would write such promises, and then she would claim them in her life. She would read something like "But my God shall supply all your need" and she would pray about her needs based on that promise. Over and over again, year after year, this dear lady had put God's promises "to the test." And year after year, over and over again, God's Word had "proven itself" to be faithful and true.

One of God’s greatest desires ever since He created human beings is that they would learn to trust His Word. Our unbelief is a great sadness to Him. God is faithful, which means we can put our faith in Him. We can trust Him, because His Word is true, tested and proved over and over again. Even when we cannot understand God's thoughts and actions, we can trust Him that He knows what He is doing. Other human beings, even the greatest and strongest ones, will have to let you down sometimes. God is the One Person most worthy of our trust. Because God is faithful, we can be full of faith in Him.

In 1 John 1:9, God is inviting us to confess our sins, because they separate us (keep us apart) from Him. God promises that if we will confess (agree with Him about) our sins, then He is faithful and just (righteous, perfectly able) to forgive us of those sins and cleanse us from all our sinfulness and shortcomings. The Bible is full of examples of awful sinners (sinners who were just as we are). These sinful men and women tested this promise of God and found that it proved true for them in their lives. David was one of those sinful men. David committed adultery, lying, and murder. Even though those were serious sins against an infinite God, God was still able to wash them away. God keeps His Word. He is faithful to His Word, and He is faithful to us. We can trust that His mercy and love are great enough to cleanse us from all our sins and guilt.

God, Who is faithful, invites us to trust His promise to forgive our sins.

My Response: » Have I ever done something that I regret so much that I wonder whether God could really forgive me of it? » Is God ABLE to wash away my sins when I confess them to Him? » Is God WILLING to wash away my sins when I confess them to Him? » Is God WAITING to wash away my sins when I confess them to Him? » What is keeping me from confessing my sins and shortcomings to God right now?

G Campbell Morgan

“Everything a sinning man needs he finds at the Cross.”

George Campbell Morgan was born in England on December 9, 1863. Even as a child, he admired his father who was a Baptist preacher. Morgan once wrote that he had no choice but to get saved because of his father’s wonderful Christian testimony.

As a child, Morgan was often sick and unable to go to school. He was tutored at home and was taught to love learning and to study hard. This love of learning would grow with him throughout his life.

When he was 10, Morgan got to hear Dwight L. Moody preach. He was so impressed by what he saw and heard that he started preaching, as well. So, he became a preacher at the age of 13. By age 15, he was traveling and preaching as often as he was able.

Then something very dangerous and difficult happened that would change the course of Morgan’s life.

When G. Campbell Morgan was 19 years old, he began reading as much as he could about God and religion. Some of it was good, but much of it was wrong. A lot of it was human discussion about God and His Word, rather than God’s own teaching about Himself. Very soon, Morgan got all caught up in wrong thinking about God and the Bible. He became very interested in philosophy – or the pursuit of knowledge – and unfortunately, he became even more interested than he was in the things God had written about Himself in His Word. For the next two years, Morgan refused even to read his Bible!

Finally, at age 21, God got a hold of his heart and Morgan realized he had had enough of man-made philosophy. Instead, he returned to God’s Word and to trusting Christ. He spent the rest of his life preaching that God knows much more than human beings know. He wrote 60 books and 11 pamphlets. Eventually, Dwight L. Moody ended up relying on Morgan to help him in his ministry. In serving God, Morgan had the opportunity to help the man who was so used by God in his own early life as a believer.

Have you ever been tempted to trust human opinions and conclusions more than you trust God’s own Word? It is possible to be smart about the world and ignorant about God.

1 Corinthians 1:27 – But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty.

Description of God

A God Who Avenges His PeoplePsalm 18:47 – "It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me."

Question & Answer

Does the free gift of salvation change the person who receives the gift?

Yes! 2 Corinthians 5:17 – Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

BIG Christian Word

Gospel – (GOSS pull)

"Gospel" means "good news" and is used to describe the good news that Jesus Christ came to Earth as 100% God and 100% Man to live a perfect life, die a sacrificial death, and rise again for God's glory and for the redemption of anyone who will believe on Him. The Gospel sums up the Christian doctrines (teachings) about how Jesus Christ offers salvation from sin and sin's consequences. It is good news that sinners can repent and believe in Jesus Christ by grace through faith! Romans 10:13-15 – "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things."